Improved apparatus for carbureting gas and air



D. HALL.

'Apparatus for Carbureting Gas and Air.

No. 63,511. Patented- April 2, 1867.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'EEroEQ DURELL HALL, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CARBURETING GAS AND AIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 63,511, dated April 2,1867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DURELL HALL, of New York, in the county of New York,and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for Carbonizing Air and Gas; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a vessel, which is cylindrical inform, and which is provided about center Way with a diaphragm, a, whichdivides it into two chambers or compartments. The lower chamber is usedas a carbonizing-chamber and the upper as a condensing-chamber, and onefor receivin g the gas as it is formed below.

B represents a water jacket, which surrounds the vessel A. 0 representsa waterheater, situated outside of and near the jacket B. D and Erepresent two pipes, which pass from the water-heater, the lower onesimply passing through the water-jacket, while the upper one passesthrough both the waterjacket and carbonizing-chamber, emptying on theopposite to where it passes in between the jacket and the vessel A.

F represents a pipe, which is provided with a stopcock, and which passesthrough the jacket and into the carbonizing-chamber, and is used forintroducing petroline or other material into the carbonizing-chamber forthe purpose of making gas. Gr represents an airpipe, which passes alsothrough the jacket and into the carbonizingchamber. This pipe runs tothe center of said chamber, and there branches off toward the four sidesof the said chamber, terminating near its sides. This pipe,

G is provided with a valve, which allows air to pass in, but acts onlyin one way, and allows nothing to pass out through it.

said vessel so snugly as not to allow any es-- cape of gas.

I represents a pipe, which is coiled, as shown, with its-lower end nearthe diaphragm, and

its upper end passing through the cover H. This pipe is also providedwith a valve which allows the escape of gas, but allows nothing to passback through it. This pipe acts as a condensing-pipe for any portion ofthe crude material which may pass off in a gaseous form.

Should'a-ny portion of the petroline or other substance used pass offwith the gas, it will almost entirely be condensed in the pipe I, andwill run back, fall upon the diaphragm, and drip through its valve intothe carbonizingchamber again. The gas, after it passes up pipe I, isconveyed by a connecting-pipe, J, to a vessel, K, which receives andretains it for use.

The mouth of vessel K sits in an annular water-chamber betweentwovessels, for the purpose of preventing the escape of any portion of it.

A rod, 0', passes down from the center of vessel K through a tube'in oneof the vessels, between which the water is held around it for thepurpose of acting as a guide and steadying said vessel K as it rises andfalls from being supplied with or having its gas exhausted.

L represents a pipe which connects with Vessel K for the purpose ofconveying away any of the crude material which may have passed into saidvessel and there becomecondensed.

This pipe is provided with a stop-cock, as

shown.

In using this apparatus, petroline or other suitable material is placedin the carboniziugvessel described, and air is forced into said vesseland among said material by anyot'theknown ways through pipe G.Waterbeing placed in the heater and heat applied, hot water and steamare forced around the carbonizing-ch amber and there remain in thewater-jacket. The action of the air and heat causes the gas to form inthe carbonizing-chamber, and thence it rises into the chamber above andpasses off in the manner before described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The coiled condensingpipe I, used in the gas-chamber of the vessel A,and" provided with a check-valve, when used in combination with the pipeJ and the receivingtank K, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The arrangement of the heater G, pro- In testimony that I claim theforegoing I vided with pipes D and E, with the vessels A have hereuntoset my hand this 18th day of and B, the branching air-pipe G, and thesup- February, 1867. ply-pipe F, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The arrangement of the receiving-tank K, provided with its guide 0and discharge-pipe Witnesses:

L, with the pipes J and I, as and for the pur- A. T. PUTNAM, posespecified. W. F. HOWE.

DURELL HALL.

